{"id":9084425,"date":"2026-11-09T23:40:34","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T23:40:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/?post_type=app_event&#038;p=9084425"},"modified":"2026-11-10T15:53:16","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T15:53:16","slug":"desordre-du-discours-on-stage-in-bloomington-and-chicago","status":"publish","type":"app_event","link":"https:\/\/villa-albertine.org\/va\/events\/desordre-du-discours-on-stage-in-bloomington-and-chicago\/","title":{"rendered":"D\u00e9sordre du discours on stage in Bloomington and Chicago"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>D\u00e9sordre du discours<\/em><\/strong> is a French-language solo play with English supertitles, conceived by director <strong>Fanny de Chaill\u00e9<\/strong> and performed by <strong>Guillaume Bailliart<\/strong>. Presented at <strong>Indiana University in Bloomington (IN) and the University of Chicago<\/strong>, these free performances are part of the commemorations marking the centenary of <strong>Michel Foucault\u2019s<\/strong> birth and are the only two U.S. stops for this acclaimed production from the <strong>Th\u00e9\u00e2tre National de Bordeaux Aquitaine<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">December 1, 2026 &#8211; Whittenberg Auditorium, Indiana Memorial Union, Indiana University &#8211; Bloomington: <a href=\"https:\/\/french.indiana.edu\/events\/index.html\"><strong>More information<\/strong><\/a><br>December 3, 2026 &#8211; Social Sciences Research Building (1126 E 59th St.) University of Chicago &#8211; Chicago: <a href=\"https:\/\/events.uchicago.edu\/event\/273300-desordre-du-discours\"><strong>More information<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The piece takes as its starting point <strong><em>L\u2019Ordre du discours<\/em><\/strong> (<em>The Order of Discourse<\/em>), the inaugural lecture Michel Foucault delivered at the Coll\u00e8ge de France on December 2, 1970. Although the text was later published by Gallimard, no audio or film recording of the original lecture exists. Conceived by director <strong>Fanny de Chaill\u00e9<\/strong> in 2019, the production brings this landmark text back to life through theater, giving it a body and a voice. Performed by actor <strong>Guillaume Bailliart<\/strong>, it stages Foucault\u2019s reflections on language and discourse using the published text as its sole source.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the lecture, <strong>Foucault<\/strong> outlines his research program by examining how societies seek to control and organize the production of discourse. <strong>De Chaill\u00e9<\/strong> turns this very question into the subject of a theatrical experiment, bringing the philosopher\u2019s ideas to life on stage and making the act of delivering and performing the text part of the experience itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Since its creation, the production has been presented in universities, theaters, and cultural institutions across France, including at the <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bnf.fr\/fr\/agenda\/foucault-une-aventure-intellectuelle-au-college-de-france\">Biblioth\u00e8que nationale de France<\/a><\/strong>, in conjunction with its recent exhibition dedicated to Foucault.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Supported in part by Villa Albertine<\/em>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":9084543,"menu_order":0,"template":"","app_discipline":[473],"app_city_tax":[223],"app_event_type":[634],"class_list":["post-9084425","app_event","type-app_event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","app_discipline-theater","app_city_tax-chi","app_event_type-performing-arts"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.8 - 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